...Gloria Bosomtwi Amoah; Eugene Baah Yeboah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perspectives and viewpoints of professional staff of the Sam Jonah Library in as much as the ethical aspects of their profession are concerned. The paper also seeks to determine the common ethical issues...

... science (CityLIS) at City, University of London. Design/methodology/approach The course takes a socio-technical approach, integrating, and giving equal importance to, technical and social/ethical aspects. Topics covered include: the relation between data, information and documents; representation...

...; the development of this body of knowledge through research; a valuable service that benefits society; autonomy”. These facets are also identified by Cullen (2000) and Hardy and Corrall (2007) . Byrd and Winkelstein (2014) state that the best ethical codes pay particular regard to a professional obligation...

...Margaret Blackmore David   McMenemy , Alan   Poulter and Paul F.   Burton . A Handbook of Ethical Practice: A Practical Guide to Dealing with Ethical Issues in Information and Library Work . Oxford : Chandos Publishing   2007 . 153 pp. , ISBN: 1843342308   £39.95 ©...

...Rev. Graham P. Cornish © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Librarianship Philosophy Religion Ethics Cultural diversity The author of this review must start by acknowledging a remote connection with this book, albeit one of which he was not aware until he came to write the review...

... Library users Ethics Data protection The swift technical development of information and communication technologies (ICT) and consumer take‐up has, on the one hand, been the major source of positive economic and social change in the last decade, but has, on the other hand, raised many serious...

... on privacy matters for information professionals are being developed on the basis of the investigation. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Confidentiality Data protection Libraries Ethics Privacy Library users Despite this, the will to obtain this kind of commercial power, and the technical...

...Primoz Juznic; Jose Urbanija; Edvard Grabrijan; Stasoa Miklavc; Damijana Oslaj; Sonja Svoljsak Reports the findings of an investigation carried out in Slovenian public libraries, which was designed to determine whether librarians would be reluctant to provide information or materials on ethically...

... that the commercialisation of the information marketplace and growing awareness of negligence and liability issues are encouraging information professionals to look to a mixture of law, ethics, and self‐interest for personal and professional effectiveness and security. The paradox about information is that, while...

...Stuart Hannabuss Philip   Holden . Ethics for Managers . Aldershot and Brookfield, Vermont : Gower   2000 . pp. viii + 198 , ISBN: ISBN 0‐566‐081115‐6   £25.00 (hardback) © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Ethics Managers So one thing busy managers will certainly...

...Wanda V. Dole; Jitka M. Hurych; Wallace C. Koehler The library profession has been concerned with ethical issues since its beginning. Ethical issues raised in the early years dealt primarily with librarians’ responsibility to the employer or patron. The focus later shifted to questions...

...Stuart Hannabuss Bob   Kelley . Ethics at Work . Aldershot : Gower   1999 . , ISBN: ISBN 0566 08150 4   £37.50 (hardback, no paperback) © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Management Ethics Ethics have come back on to the corporate agenda in a big way. Kelley’s book...

.... It is not often enough that I come across a book that I find hard to put down ‐‐ this was one. Michael W.   Hill . The Impact of Information on Society . London : Bowker‐Saur   1999 . , ISBN: 1‐85739‐124‐1   45.00 © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Information superhighway Ethics...

...Stuart Hannabuss Professionalism in library and information work assumes the awareness and application of ethical standards. Dealing with information products and services implicates practitioners in ethical as well as legal issues, although detailed instances of ethical dilemmas are all too few...